Capture the Sky and Keep Writing!

Capture the Sky and Keep Writing!

Series: Keepin’ it real The latest rumors portend that you know who may be spitting out a print or digital or audible book EVERY SINGLE MINUTE. The market is totally saturated with everything from fabulous writing to absolute garbage. I lean heavily toward the...

The Story Behind: Made Just Right…MAID-RITES!

  1939… The year my mom first tasted a MAID-RITE hamburger. She and a few of her girlfriends were coming home from their swimming lesson at the YMCA in Muscatine, Iowa. Enticing aromas teased the girls’ noses as they passed a walk-up window...

The Recipe: Made Just Right . . . MAID-RITES!

High-quality 80/20 hamburger meat Hamburger Buns Salt and pepper to taste Jodi’s addition: garlic and onion powder to taste Shredded cheddar cheese, optional Potato Chips, optional Maid-Rite Special Sauce 1 large onion, chopped Finely shredded cabbage Dill...

Picasso Had His Moods, but Red Had His Moves (Revisited)

I made an ironclad discovery while viewing Picasso and the Age of Iron at the Modern Art Museum. Walking among the wire, bronze, sheet metal and iron exhibits such as Picasso’s Head of a Man and Gonzalez’s Woman with a Mirror, a steely thought gripped me. My gosh, I...